This event will once again be non-commercial, with no sponsors or exhibitors, and will focus on "Language Standards: Involving the Stakeholders". The Summit will be hosted by Dr. Donald DePalma, President, Common Sense Advisory, Inc., and will include keynote, plenary and panel presentations. Moderators include Tex Texin, Internationalization Architect, Yahoo! Inc., Kim Harris, Owner, text & form, Hans Fenstermacher, President, ArchiText® Inc., and Sue Ellen Wright, Professor, Institute for Applied Linguistics, Kent State University.

The Summit provides a forum for experts from standards organizations and user communities to sort through the many new standards and contrast requirements, and rank their effectiveness. Attendees benefit from the analysis, and apply it to the selection and employment of products and services used in their organizations. Those involved in developing standards will attain a better understanding of the community needs and applications.

About Global Meeting Services, Inc.:

Global Meeting Services, Inc. (GMS) is a full service conference management consulting company. GMS was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1995. In 1996, GMS opened an affiliate office in San Diego, CA, which was incorporated in 1997. GMS announces the opening of an office in Taiwan in March, 2006. All companies continue to be in existence, with the main office residing in San Diego.